Category Archives: Life in Switzerland

The Case of the Budgie in the Garden…

Posted on October 3, 2021 by lindahuber

When I was a small child, my parents were enthusiastic potato-growers. At least my father was, I’m not sure Mum was quite as passionate about it but she did her bit bravely. We lived in a cottage flat with a … Continue reading →

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September trees… #SilentSunday

Posted on September 19, 2021 by lindahuber

The trees are just beginning to turn… I took some almost-autumn tree pics this week, and weather permitting, I’ll do some October pics with the same trees next month. Next week, we’re having A.J. Griffiths-Jones, with her choice of classic … Continue reading →

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Sand Sculpture Festival

Posted on September 5, 2021 by lindahuber

A couple of kilometres up Lake Constance from here lies Rorschach, a small town with a harbour and a lovely lakeside park. They’ve had an international sandsculpture festival there ever since 1999, the year of the big solar eclipse, when … Continue reading →

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The #WritingLife, and summer in Switzerland…

Posted on August 22, 2021 by lindahuber

It hasn’t been one of those glorious sunshiney summers here in N.E. Switzerland. We’ve had good days, bad days and downright disgusting days. Our lake is very high, but thankfully we escaped the worst of the flooding other parts of … Continue reading →

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Take a walk in Switzerland… #SilentSunday

Posted on July 18, 2021 by lindahuber

Here are a few pics from last week’s walks here on the banks of Lake Constance, in N.E. Switzerland. Next week, it’s Alison Morgan with her choice of Classic Comfort reads – see you then!

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Summer on the building site…

Posted on July 4, 2021 by lindahuber

It’s the fourth of July – Happy Independence Day, if you’re celebrating today. Happy summer too, and here’s hoping we get one. Here in Switzerland, we’ve had bursts of heat followed by violent storms followed by days of drizzle… and … Continue reading →

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Writing conversation during a pandemic…

Posted on June 20, 2021 by lindahuber

‘Make your conversation real’, is one piece of general advice when you’re writing a book. ‘Don’t use conversation to dump information’ is another, and that one’s easy enough. Don’t write things like: ‘Do you remember how we visited your ninety-year-old … Continue reading →

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(Almost) Silent Sunday – A Lake in Switzerland…

Posted on June 6, 2021 by lindahuber

I’m lucky to live on the banks of Lake Constance, the second largest lake in Switzerland.(Photos from Pixabay.) Blue lake… I used to have nightmares about this kind of thing when my boys were at the teenage-pedalo stage… Sunset on … Continue reading →

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Future plans and a #NewBook

Posted on May 23, 2021 by lindahuber

It’s the holiday weekend in Switzerland, and we have a couple of bookish things to celebrate here in my flat. The first is something I’ve been sitting on for a few weeks – then on Friday afternoon an interesting envelope … Continue reading →

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Can you read English? #joke

Posted on May 16, 2021 by lindahuber

This was originally going to be a post about books. However, we’ll leave that for next week when I can spill all my news at once, and instead, we’ll have a post about English. Specifically, reading English. A few weeks … Continue reading →

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